texas senator kay bailey hutchinson joins us to give us their views. plus, we have a host of market experts weighing in on the odds of a u.s. debt down gradient if the u.s. can't get its house in order by next year. let's see if that will derail the housing industry that picked up steam this year. it's all ahead. mandy is joining me ahead for the last hour of the day on "closing bell." >> bill, thank you very much. >>> before we get to the secret stock, there it is, zesears. according to a republican house aid, the gop or the house will reconvene 6:30 p.m. on sunday night. so here we go, folks. you were talking about a potential last-minute deal. guess what, congress is still out. according to republican aid, they will be coming back to the house beginning a session at 6:30 sunday night. look at the markets. we're still down 99, folks. far right side of your screen. we are seeing a bit of a turn. we had the reid comments earlier. hey, we're going to go over the cliff. that sent it down. now we're seeing a turn. >>> we'll have more on this. i'm sheer ea